loafer987

Very sorry it took so long to reply in this thread. Its a long story involving 3 RGB LED screens for my M15x and forgetting how to reassemble it once I finally got one that worked. Here is my TS settings on the main screen. I am aware that right now it is "off" I currently can only get 24/23/18/18 at 71TDP/66TDC settings. The even stranger thing is I can pull off those same multipliers at 55tdp/55tdc (undervolting?) Without any issue either. I really wish I could find or borrow a 240W psu to know if thats my issue or not...

M15x throttling - Pastebin.com Heres my Throttlestop log file. This is a complete 3dmark 11 run. As soon as I get to the last test you can see the throttling. This is now at 71/66 tpl 23/22/19/19 multipliers. I believe these are stock or close to stock and should run fine but I'm still having a hell of a time. I am unloading a video of the throttling. Its hard to notice but it throttles most of the video then there is a couple quick burps of proper speed. Heres the video.

Heres msi kombuster. Just tried undervolting more to .95v seems stable but still has throttling issues...

Yup just tried again. In TS I hit "turn off" I have my 7970 undervolted at .975v and Even with that all at stock I cant get it not to throttle in 3dmark 11... Please help!

Thanks guys i read through most of the throttlestop guide but it doesnt really give as much info in the 920xm as I'd like. And mainly because its not specific to the M15x. I just was kinda hoping to see what others are using for their settings and what ballpark I should be shooting for with the M15x. The problem now seems to almost be worse than before as I get throttling in 3dmark 2011 even at stock clocks... Maybe my PSU is dying. I just dont really understand whats going on.

Wasnt sure this should go in the throttlestop forum or M15x but its more of a M15x issue. So I have my card undervolted to 1.0v. I just got a 920xm. When i set throttlestop to 80/70 TDP and 26/25/24/24 for 1/2/3/4 cores respectively I get this really strange throttling issue in 3dmark 2011. Check out my 3dmark results and look closely at the CPU Speeds and "combined results" fps. Result Let me know if this link doesnt work but I think its generic. So I get a way lower combined FPS when at the higher clock speeds. (ie. power throttling) Now the question is: What settings is everyone else using to keep from having throttling issues when GPU and CPU are under full load. What TDP settings are we all using for TS? Whats the best combination and balance between gpu and cpu we have found? (maybe a question just for someone like Svl7) I must be slow or I just hate software overclocking but TS doesnt seem to be as simple as I'd like it. The TDP logic is something I understand but the throttling and speed controls of the chip itself are very hard to understand and hard to make sure I am getting what I am asking out of the cpu. I'm gonna try undervolting the GPU further tonight as this seems to be the answer I can find most of the other M15x owners have found but I was quite enjoying 900/1300 speeds at 1.0v. Thanks for reading and please... HELP!

@svl7 you are the most amazing awesome kickass wicked cool person I know! I read everything through on your guide here twice. left your flashing guide open on my desktop and figured it all out with your step by step directions. I have never had to flash a vbios before and I was literally shaking in my chair when i hit enter that last time... and it worked! My M15x was throttling even with my 720qm processor and now with the 1.000v undervolt bios I am completely in business. never broke 80*C in 20 mins of msi kombuster and never throttled once. before I was throttling every 5 mins or so in metro2033 and kombuster (temps were never the issue) every other game was fine. Anyways... Well done! and a beer shall be yours in the very near future! maybe even a 6 pack! lol Maybe more if you can tell me why even with this new vbios my msi afterburner still wont allow me to overclock. It shows my sliders are maxed out and wont let me go further! regardless thanks i couldn't have got it working without you! PS will your vbios editor work with my old 5850m if i feel adventurous in the boring and cold winter months to come here in Canada?

Just wondering guys but do i need to have thermal pads on the mosfets? (little black chips in groups of four at the top of the card) i don't have thermal pads thick enough and I cant think of a good way to cool them otherwise. Let me know what you think. Also, what thickness of thermal pads are you all using for this upgrade? i only have .5mm and they seem to make good cantact with the ram in my tests so far. Please help!

I wish i could load this picture... says my account isn't capable though. I am very excited to see the 680 results! svl7's sig on notebook review shows the 680m was a success!!!! Please fill us in soon svl7!!!

@svl7 or anyone else that can help... A member on Notebookreview is selling his GTX580M's from his M17X and I was thinking one of them would be nice to throw in my M15X. I have the 5850m right now and its decent but even diablo 3 doesn't run as nicely as I would like even with my 1600x900 screen. I am quite happy with my laptop but I figure if the 580M is cheap and someone smarter than I am can throw me a modded vbios to make it work I might as well give it a try. I'm only into my M15X for 700$ CDN so far but maybe its not worth it I don't know. All advice and input welcome. Current specs i7 720QM 16GB DDR1333 9-9-9-24 240gb Corsair Force 3 SSD Radeon 5850M 1GB @ 730/1040